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Barramundi ASM Presentation 14 October 2022

AGM13 October 2022BRMFinancials

ANNUAL MEETING
OF SHAREHOLDERS

14 October 2022

Board of Directors
Andy CoupeCarol CampbellDavid McClatchyFiona Oliver

Barramundi Team

Robbie

Urquhart

Snr Portfolio

Manager

Terry Tolich

Snr

Investment

Analyst

Delano

Gallagher

Snr

Investment

Analyst

Wayne Burns

Corporate

Manager

Agenda
•Preliminary matters

•Chair’s Overview

•Manager’s Review

•Q&A

•Annual Meeting Resolutions

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Chair’s Overview

Barramundi’s Investment Objectives
Absolute Returns

Achieve a high real rate of return, comprising both

income and capital growth within acceptable risk

parameters.

Diversified Portfolio

Access to a diversified portfolio of Australian

quality, growth stocks in a single tax-efficient

vehicle.

2022 Overview
Net (loss) / profitDividendNAV per shareShare price

($34.6m)

(2021: $52.3m)

6.68cps

(2021:6.00cps)

$0.64

(2021: $0.87)

$0.77

(2021: $1.10)

Total shareholder

return*

Dividend return #

Adjusted NAV

return*

Share price

premium/

(discount) to

NAV^

-23.5%

(2021: 83.3%)

+7.1%

(2021: +6.6%)

-16.2%

(2021: 37.6%)

21.1%

(2021: 26.7%)

*These metrics are Non-GAAP measures calculated in accordance with the methodology described in the Barramundi Non-GAAP

Financial Information Policy which is available on the Barramundi website.

# Dividend return –how much Barramundi pays out in dividends each year relative to its average share price during the period.

(Dividends paid by Barramundi may include dividends received, interest income, investment gains and/or return of capital).

^Share price premium to NAV (excluding warrants).

*These metrics are Non-GAAP measures calculated in accordance with the methodology described in the
Barramundi Non-GAAP Financial Information Policy which is available on the Barramundi website.

^S&P/ASX 200 Index (hedged 70% to NZD).

Portfolio Performance

For the year

ended

30 June

12 months

3 years

(annualised)

5 years

(annualised)

Adjusted NAV

return*

-16.2%

(2021: +37.6%)

+8.5%+10.6%

Gross

Performance *

-15.3%

(2021: +41.6%)

+10.8%+13.2%

Benchmark

Index^

-5.3%

(2021: 28.1%)

+4.3%+7.5%

2022 Overview -Continued

Earnings Per
Share

20222021202020192018

Basic

Earnings per

Share

(cents)

-13.9924.826.444.4012.99

Diluted

Earnings Per

Share

(cents)

-13.9923.436.424.3712.84

Earnings Per Share

Movements in Shareholders’ Funds
12 Months to 30 June 2022 ($m)

Quarter 1, 2023
30 June –30 September 2022

Net profit

$6.5m

NAV per share

$0.65

Adjusted NAV Return*

+3.9%

Benchmark Index

+1.4%

Share price

$0.71

Total shareholder return*

(6.2%)

*These metrics are Non-GAAP measures calculated in accordance with the methodology described in the

Barramundi Non-GAAP Financial Information Policy which is available on the Barramundi website.

Closing Remarks

Manager’s Review
14October 2022

1979: A ‘year’ of discontent

Equities & interest rates moving in opposite directions
ASX 200 Index 30 June 2021 –30 June 2022

Energy & materials buffered the ASX200 returns in FY22
ASX 200 index fell 5%* over the year to 30 June 2022

*70% hedged into NZ$

A tough year for our portfolio company share prices
*ASX200 Index 70% hedged into NZ$

Performance in FY 2022

-5.3%

-10.2%

0.2%

-15.3%

-30%

-20%

-10%

0%

10%

Benchmark Index*Stock SelectionFXBRM Gross Return

Gross Return NZD (%)

FY22: 30 Jun 21 -30 Jun 22

How our companies have
navigated this environment

What should we expect from our companies?
➢Pricing Power in an inflationary environment?

➢Investing in the future, or freezing?

➢Volatile? Rising? Falling?

(P)

Portfolio

Opportunities

➢Is Barramundi making the most of this environment?

(E & E)

Earnings

Resilience?

(T & P)

Management

Performing?

(S)

Economic

Moat

Ample signs of pricing power across the portfolio
Pop stars of price increases

Then there are the pop stars of Australian price increases: REA,

carsales.comand SEEK which have pushed through annual

price increases for most of the past decade.

(Australian Financial Review: 21 Sept 2022)

Brambles wields pricing power as critical

link in US supply chain

(Australian Financial Review: 17 Aug 2022)

Our companies are investing for growth
Investment in research & development –share of revenues % (FY22)

The COVID environment has made for volatile earnings
Pandemic beneficiaries facing headwinds as lockdowns ease CSL plasma collections fell in lockdowns –rebounded in FY22

Jan-20

Jul-20

Jan-21

Jul-21

Jan-22

Divergent performance across tech companies
10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

55%

$0

$200

$400

$600

$800

$1,000

$1,200

FY18FY19FY20FY21FY22

EBITDA Margin (%)

Revenue ($m)

RevenueEBITDA Margin

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

55%

$0

$100

$200

$300

$400

$500

$600

$700

FY18

FY19

FY20

FY21

FY22

EBITDA Margin (%)

Revenue ($m)

Revenue

EBITDA Margin

Rewarded for inflection in profitabilityRe-investment in growth has capped profitability

Portfolio additions and exits
Add:Global leader in the severe and profound hearing-impaired

device market. Cochlear is solving a significant need. Children

receiving implants today will be customers for life

Add:The global leader in manufacturing fibre cement planks for

houses. JHX has decades of growth left in its core US market as

fibre cement displaces other siding products as ageing housing

stock is renovated

Exit:A beneficiary of the pandemic, Sonic’s substantial COVID

related profits are waning. This likely weighs on its profitability

Add:A high quality financial with a 50+yr track record of

unbroken profitability

A balanced blend of companies
HEALTHCARE

FINANCIALS

INFORMATION

TECHNOLOGY

CONSUMER

SERVICES

INDUSTRIALS

CONSUMER

DISCCRETIONARY

CONSUMER

STAPLES

CAR

CARSALES

OML

OOH!MEDIA

REA

REA GROUP

SEK

SEEK LTD

DMP

DOMINO'S

PWH

PWR HOLDINGS

WOW

WOOLWORTHS

AUB

AUB GROUP

ANZ

AUST AND NZ BANKING GROUP

CBA

COMMONWEALTH BANK OF AUSTRALIA

CCP

CREDIT CORP

MQG

MACQUARIE GROUP

NAB

NATIONAL AUSTRALIA BANK

WBC

WESTPAC BANKING CORP

ANN

ANSELL

COH

COCHLEAR

CSL

CSL

NAN

NANOSONICS

RMD

RESMED

JHX

James Hardie

BXB

BRAMBLES

AD8

AUDINATE

FCL

FINEOS

NXT

NEXTDC

WTC

WISETECH

XRO

XERO

CASH

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positions

Materials

A positive start to the FY23 year
*ASX200 Index 70% hedged into NZ$

Performance in FY23 to date

A challenging global near-term outlook
✓Our companies are performing well operationally

✓Signs that the COVID pandemic supply chain disruptions are easing

✓Australian economy remains in a relatively good position with buoyant commodity prices,

low unemployment, open borders and company balance sheets in good shape

ꓫInflation & Interest rates

ꓫRecessionary concerns

ꓫGeopolitical instability

?Calibrating the pace of tightening monetary policy

?Impact ofrising interest rates on an indebted household sector

Our high quality portfolio companies are well positioned for the longer term

THANK YOU

General Questions from
Shareholders

(not relating to resolutions)

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Annual Meeting
2022 resolutions

2022 Annual Meeting Resolutions
•Introduce and propose

•Discussion, questions

•Lodge your vote

Matters of Business
•Annual Report

•Resolutions:

–Elect Fiona Oliver

–Auditor remuneration

Resolution 1
Election of Fiona Oliver

To elect Fiona Oliver as a Director of Barramundi Limited

Resolution 2
Auditor Remuneration

That the Board of Directors be authorised to

fix the remuneration of the auditor for the

ensuing year

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THANK YOU

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Barramundi Limited
Phone +64 9 489 7074

Private Bag 93502

Takapuna, Auckland


14 October 2022

Barramundi Limited Annual Meeting

Chair’s Address from Andy Coupe

[Slide: Barramundi Limited Annual Meeting of Shareholders]

Welcome to the 16

th

Barramundi annual meeting of shareholders, I’m Andy Coupe, the new Chair of

Barramundi.

Its pleasing to again be able to hold this annual meeting in-person. However we have put in place

the virtual meeting option for those who are unable to attend in-person, and we welcome those

who have joined the meeting via the Computershare virtual meeting platform.

We are duly convened as a Notice of Meeting has been circulated to shareholders and I can confirm

that a quorum is present so I declare the meeting open.

Please note that the exits are at the back and front of the room. Please ensure you turn your cell

phones off or put them on mute.

For those here in-person there will be a light lunch at the conclusion of the meeting. We look

forward to meeting many of you after the meeting.


[Slide: Introductions]

Let me introduce the front table. Firstly the directors. To my right is Carol Campbell (Chair of the

Audit & Risk Committee), next to her is David McClatchy (Chair of the Investment Committee) and

next to him is Fiona Oliver, who is standing for election today.

Next to Fiona is Robbie Urquhart the Barramundi Portfolio Manager, and next to Robbie is Wayne

Burns the Corporate Manager.

Also here today, in the audience, are Senior Investment Analysts Terry Tolich and Delano Gallagher.

We are also pleased to have representatives from our share registrar, Computershare, auditor,

PricewaterhouseCoopers, our tax advisors, Deloitte and our legal advisors, Bell Gully in the audience

today.

I’d also like to acknowledge Carmel and Hugh Fisher who are both here today, and also Alistair Ryan,

our former Chairman, who is also here today.


[Slide: Agenda]

The Agenda for today.

Firstly preliminary matters.

• The minutes of the 2021 annual shareholders’ meeting held on 15 October 2021 are

available at the registration desk and are also available on the Barramundi website.

• The 2022 annual report has been circulated to shareholders shareholders – additional

copies are available at the registration desk and can also be found on the Barramundi

website.

Today I’ll give a brief update on the Barramundi 2022 financial year, and then Barramundi’s Senior
Portfolio Manager, Robbie Urquhart will review the Barramundi portfolio.

After the Manager’s Review, we will have a Q&A session, and we’ll then move to the formal business

of the meeting.

There are two resolutions for you to consider and vote on today, which are set out in the Notice of

Meeting.


[Slide: Online attendees – Question Process]

If you’re attending the meeting online there’s a Q&A icon at the top right of your screen.

To send in a question, please select the Q&A tab on the right half of your screen anytime. Type your

question into the field and press send. Your question will be immediately submitted.

We’ve set aside a time at the end of the two presentations for general questions relating to the

operations and management of the business.

Questions relating to the two resolutions will be dealt with in conjunction with each of the

resolutions.

Should you require any assistance, you can type your query and one of the Computershare team will

assist with the chat function and reply to your query.


[Slide: Chair’s Overview]

It is my pleasure to present the Chair’s Overview at this meeting.


[Slide: Barramundi’s Investment Objective]

As directors, and managers, we typically start our annual meetings with a quick reminder of what we

are here to achieve, being

• to achieve a high real rate of return, comprising both income and capital growth, within

risk parameters acceptable to the directors; and

• to provide access to a diversified portfolio of Australian quality, growth stocks through

a single tax-efficient investment vehicle.


[Slide: 2022 Overview]

I imagine that all shareholders will be aware of the battering that share markets globally have

experienced. The Australian share market was no exception and the Barramundi result over the past

twelve months reflects that.

• Barramundi suffered a net loss of $34.6m. This is in stark contrast to the previous year’s

net profit of $52.3m.

• Total shareholder return was down 23.5%, well down on last year’s record 83.3%

return.

• Barramundi’s regular dividends continued to contribute to the shareholder return with

6.68 cents per share paid in dividends during the 2022 financial year, which is

equivalent to a dividend return, not a dividend yield, of +7.1% (2021: +6.6%). These

returns are calculated based on the average share price for the year.

• The overall NAV per share fell from $0.87 (as at June 2021), to $0.64 as at 30 June 2022.

• The Adjusted NAV return was negative 16.2% for the year, which is the percentage
change in the adjusted NAV for the year.

• The share price to NAV difference remained at a premium, 21.1% as at 30 June 2022, as

compared to the 26.7% premium as at 30 June 2021.


[Slide: 2022 Overview - Continued]

This chart compares the Adjusted NAV return, (the percentage change in the Adjusted NAV), and the

gross performance return (the return before expenses, fees and tax), to the benchmark index return

over the periods of 1, 3 and 5 years.

While Barramundi has underperformed the benchmark in the most recent year, it has outperformed

in the three and five year annualised performance.

Robbie will discuss the Australian sharemarket dynamics and how the portfolio performed shortly in

the Manager’s Review.


[Slide: Earnings Per Share]

This chart shows the earnings, or in the case of this year, the loss per share.

It’s a potent reminder of how variable sharemarket returns can potentially be and the degrees of

volatility that equity markets can experience from time to time


[Slide: Movements in Shareholders’ Funds]

Turning now to Shareholders’ Funds

This chart shows the Barramundi NAV of $186m (as at 30 June 2021) decreased by a net $15m to

$171m (as at 30 June 2022).

The movements during the year as represented by the orange, yellow, green and blue columns

were:

- the $35m net loss,

- less $17m dividends paid, but adding back $6m for dividends reinvested by

shareholders, and

- Add on warrants exercised, new shares issued, of $31m


[Slide: Quarter 1, 2023]

The first quarter of Barramundi’s 2022 financial year has seen continued volatility. Markets rose in

July and August but pulled back in September.

This slide provides a snapshot of the first three months of the current financial year to 30 September

2022:

Barramundi’s unaudited net profit for the three months to 30 September 2022 was $6.5m.

As at 30 September, the NAV per share of $0.65 is up 1 cent per share from the NAV at 30 June of

$0.64 – and that was after the dividend payment of 1.36 cents per share (paid on 23 September).

The share price premium to NAV was 9.7% as at 30 September 2022.

Barramundi’s adjusted NAV return for the first three months of the 2022 financial year was +3.9%,

(the percentage change in the NAV per share). The adjusted NAV return compared favourably to the

benchmark index, which was +1.4% for the three months.

Total shareholder return for the quarter was down 6.2% - driven by the decrease in share price from
$0.77 to $0.71, and adding on the dividend paid in September.


[Slide: Closing Remarks]

Closing remarks

In closing my annual meeting address, and on behalf of the board, I’d like to thank you for your

continued support of Barramundi.

The past twelve months have been very challenging and I don’t doubt the results for this period

were disappointing relative to the experiences of previous periods. However, the investment

strategy of focusing on quality growth stocks, as detailed in the prospectus so many years ago, has

not changed. We remain confident that over the medium term the strategy will bring its rewards.

I will now hand over to Robbie Urquhart, Senior Portfolio Manager of Barramundi.


ENDS

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